Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries

Post by justinjlynn » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 12:17 PM UTC

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I disagree with your assessment and have nothing to say about the gender comparison. However, I would posit that it's aggression, and not anger, that is associated with dominance. Aggression is often subtle and cunning and is often considered a characteristic instead of a transient emotion. Anger, however, when it is felt is typically directly on display. I can see how, in a societal setting, the ease with which some…

No, actually, it is the direct expression of anger (raised voices, threatening gestures, intrusion into personal space, increased vascularization of face and extremities) that is associated with dominance. See for example L. Z. Tiedens, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 80, among many others. People also attribute greater competence to persons willing to express anger. Passive-aggressiveness and manipulati…

Post by humanrebar » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 12:35 PM UTC

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As the father of a 10 week old baby girl, it isn't as simple as just society enabling parents to contribute equally. I am SO into being a dad. I want to do as much caregiving as possible. However, breastfeeding kinda throws a monkey wrench into the "split all the work equally" plan. For newborns, eating is what they do most of the time (when they aren't sleeping). If you breastfeed your child, which all pediatricians…

It seems that you and this "mom" person you mentioned, may have stumbled upon a truly workable form of equality. What if men and women were to form small teams -- and divide labor between themselves however they saw fit. Such a team would be able to cover for each other -- in sickness and in health and all that jazz. /s

Post by humanrebar » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 12:45 PM UTC

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> For instance, in Germany the woman's job position must be held open for her until she decides to return to work (possibly years later), not to mention the full salary compensation months before and after giving-birth, when she is no longer working. The company will be reimbursed for the salary by the health insurance upon filling out a form. A company does not pay a single cent more than the cost of hiring another…

Couple of questions: 1. Who pays for the insurance? 2. Why is it called insurance?

Post by b1260642 » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 12:52 PM UTC

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Fully agreed. In some countries there is a taboo about openly discussing salaries, but keeping them secret only helps employers and hurts the negotiating power of employees.

>>> keeping them secret only helps employers and hurts the negotiating power of employees And saves from a lot of unnecessary drama. This is one of the things that seems great when assuming that everyone's acting rationally but that's not how the world works. It's not rational but a lot of people are very sensitive to what they make in relation to others. For example, Joe thinks he's as good as Josh but Josh makes 25…

Post by jbmorgado » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 12:56 PM UTC

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Do you have any data to provide that goes along with your statement that women don't get "these jobs and promotions in the first place"?

Are you being coy? I assume you know about the disparity in engineering jobs between men and women, particularly in management and executive roles, but are blaming this on something else. Say what you mean.